# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walt-hansgen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:08:49.666Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walt-hansgen"
name: "Walt Hansgen"
slug: "walt-hansgen"
description: "Walter Edwin Hansgen was an American racecar driver. His motorsport career began as a road racing driver, he made his Grand Prix debut at 41, and he died aged 46, several days after crashing during testing for the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans."
tagline: "Racecar driver (1919–1966)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1919-10-28"
deathDate: "1966-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.68687882929369
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Walt Hansgen"
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    title: "Walt Hansgen"
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    title: "Walt Hansgen"
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    title: "Walt Hansgen"
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    title: "Walt Hansgen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump